MATERIAL CULTURE (p 3)
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Firearms
Historians regard the Pancho Villa-era National Guard deployment
as an important backdrop to the First World War. During this campaign,
troops worked with new firearms and artillery, motorized transport,
and aircraft. At AZ EE:9:109(ASM), some early twentieth century
arms were represented by their corresponding ammunition: a .22 short
casing (H headstamp), five .30-06 casings, a .32 short casing, and
a .32 WCF(.32-20) casing were recovered. Based on its headstamp,
one of the .30-06 casings was manufactured in 1918 by the Winchester
Repeating Arms Company. Archaeologists collected one unfired .30-06
bullet and one .30-06 five-round stripper clip. The latter was used
in an M1906 Springfield rifle. The firing pin of one of the cartridges
illustrated here was struck but did not fire; the crimped casing
was drilled in four places and emptied of powder.
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